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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

JAMES XV. SNEDEKER, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE PAGE WOVENIVIRE FENCE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR-MAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,608, dated April19, 1898.

Application filed April 30, 1897- To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. SNEDEKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Mats; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in door-mats; and my object is toprovide both a handsome and durable mat and an improved method ofmanufacturing the same, to the end that it shall be cheaply produced.

I accomplish my object by making the mat, in its preferred form, of acontinuous coil of wire bent upon itself to produce parallel portionsside by side and of a length corresponding to the width of mat desired,the number of parallel portions or lengths being multiplied at will toproduce the desired length of mat, and the coils being fastened togetherand stiened, substantially as hereinafter pointed out.

Broadly stated, my invention consists, first, in a mat made up fromcoils of wire placed side by side, so as to cause the coils tointermesh, and having its coils knit together by means of wire needles,the mat being supplied with suitable means for stiffening itlongitudinally, and, second, in the improved process for making a matherein set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved door-mat. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section through Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a transversesection through Fig. l. l

The body portion of my improved mat preferably is made of a continuousspiral coil of wire l, said wire being of such gage as to give therequisite stiness. Referring to Fig. l,

' said coil starts at a point 2, from whence it is extended to the righttill a length equal to the desired width of mat is laid off, when it isfolded upon itself to produce a second length of coil, (designated 3,)the coils of which mesh with the coils of the first length. The coillengths being held thus, a transverse or woof wire 4 is inserted to bindthem together. The

woof or cross wires.

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coil is then bent upon itself at 5 and extended again to the right, thenew coil length having its coils intermeshing with the coils of the nextpreceding one, when a second Woof-wire is inserted. This process is keptup till the desired length of mat is produced, after which warp orstiffening wires are passed longitudinally through the mat, thesepreferably alternating in position above and below the The longitudinalwires are kept in place by means of curved metal guards 7, passedlongitudinallyinto the transversely-extending end coils.

To fix the woof or cross wires firmly in place, the mat is subjected toa stretching operation in the direction of its length, and this may bedone at any time after the Woof-wires are in place, though preferablyafter the last step above mentioned.

By making the mat from a continuous coil two importantthings areaccomplished. First, the bending of a coil length upon itself causes theconvolutions or individual coils at the end to project at an angle toeach other, and when the coil lengths are brought closely together theend loops intermesh in a manner to produce an exceedingly handsomeborder, and, second, after the stretching operation the wire ispermanently set, so that the crosswires are firmly fixed. It is obvious,however, that a very desirable mat may be produced by using separatecoil lengths, the coils being caused to intermesh and suitable means forstiffening the mat longitudinally being provided.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Adoor-mat comprising a continuous coil folded upon itself to produceparallel coil lengths having intermeshing coils, and woofwires bindingthe coil lengths together, substantially as described. l

2. A door-mat comprising parallel wire coil lengths having intermeshingcoils and bound together by Woof-wires inserted longitudinally throughthe coils, and longitudinal stiffening-wires inserted through the coillengths transversely thereof, substantially as described.

3. A door-mat comprising parallel wire coil lengths havin g intermeshing coils,woofwires IOO inserted longitudinally through the eol lengths tosecure them together, and longitudinal stiffening-wires inserted throughthe Coil lengths transversely thereof alternately above and below theWoof-wires, substantially as described.

4. A door-mat comprising a continuous coil of wire bent upon itself toform parallel ooil lengths, Woof-wires binding said Coil lengths 1otogether, stiffening-wires inserted through the coils orosswise thereof,and end guards inserted longitudinally through the end ooil lengths,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature r 5 in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES W. SNEDEKER. lVitnesses:

JOHN W. SNEDEKER, R. B. RoBBINs.

